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List of British heritage and private railways
List of British heritage and private railways
This list is intended as a list of railways (railroads) in Britain.
For rail museums, see List of British railway museums. More links at foot of page.
Many of the standard gauge railways were originally lines closed by British Railways under the Beeching cuts in the 1960s, and reopened as private and / or heritage lines.
England
Standard Gauge
- Appleby Frodingham Railway
- Astley Green Colliery Museum, Lancashire
- Avon Valley Railway
- Barrow Hill Engine Shed - preserved Roundhouse Museum in Derbyshire.
- Battlefield Line, Shackerstone, Leicestershire
- Bideford & Instow Railway
- Birmingham Railway Museum, Tyseley
- Bluebell Railway East Sussex and West Sussex
- Bodmin & Wenford Railway, Cornwall
- Bowes Railway
- Bristol Harbour Railway and Industrial Museum
- Bure Valley Railway Wroxham,Norfolk
- Chasewater Railway
- Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway
- Cholsey & Wallingford Railway
- Churnet Valley Railway
- Colne Valley Railway, Essex
- Dartmoor Railway
- Dean Forest Railway, Gloucestershire
- Derwent Valley Light Railway , Yorkshire
- Didcot Railway Centre
- East Anglian Railway Museum
- East Kent Railway, Kent
- East Lancashire Railway - 4 miles in Lancashire
- East Somerset Railway
- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway, Derbyshire
- Eden Valley Railway
- Elsecar Railway
- Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway, North Yorkshire
- Epping Ongar Railway
- Foxfield Steam Railway
- Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
- Great Central Railway Leicestershire
- Isle of Wight Steam Railway
- Keighley and Worth Valley Railway West Yorkshire
- Kent & East Sussex Railway
- Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway Cumbria
- Lavender Line, East Sussex
- Lincolnshire Wolds Railway, Lincolnshire
- London Post Office Railway - not open to the public
- Mid Hants Watercress Railway, Hampshire
- Mid Norfolk Railway, Norfolk
- Mid-Suffolk Light Railway, Suffolk
- Middleton Railway, West Yorkshire
- Midland Railway Centre, Derbyshire
- Nene Valley Railway, Peterborough
- North Norfolk Railway, - 5.5 miles in Norfolk
- North Tyneside Steam Railway
- North Yorkshire Moors Railway, North Yorkshire: much used for film locations
- Northampton & Lamport Railway
- Northampton Ironstone Trust
- Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway, Devon
- Peak Rail, Derbyshire
- Plym Valley Railway
- Ribble Steam Railway, Lancashire
- Seaton Tramway , Devon
- Severn Valley Railway, Shropshire and Worcestershire
- South Devon Railway
- Spa Valley Railway
- Swanage Railway ("The Purbeck Line")
- Swindon and Cricklade Railway
- Telford Railway Centre
- Weardale Railway
- Wensleydale Railway
- West Somerset Railway: also much used for film locations
- Wisbech and March Bramleyline
Narrow Gauge Railways
- Amberley Chalk Pits Museum includes narrow-gauge railway
- Amerton Railway , Staffordshire
- Bicton Woodland Railway
- Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway
- Bressingham Steam & Gardens
- Bure Valley Railway Wroxham,Norfolk
- Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway, Yorkshire
- Frimley Lodge Park Railway
- Lappa Valley Steam Railway
- Launceston Steam Railway
- Leighton Buzzard Railway
- Lynton & Barnstaple Railway , Devon
- Moseley Railway Trust, Manchester
- North Ings Farm Railway, Lincolnshire
- Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway, Cumbria
- Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Kent
- Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway, Kent
- South Tynedale Railway on the border between Cumbria and Northumberland
- Steeple Grange Light Railway
- Volks Electric Railway Brighton
- West Lancashire Light Railway
- Windmill Farm Railway, Lancashire
Miniature railways in England
Full details of all miniature railways
Tramways
Tramways in Britain almost ceased entirely in the post-WWII years. Once Glasgow had disposed of its lines, the sole survivor was the Blackpool Corporation Tramways, although considerably reduced size. In the late 20th century there has been a revival in this form of transport, notably in Manchester, Sheffield and Croydon, among others.
There are, however, the following places where preserved trams operate:
Scotland
Standard Gauge
Narrow Gauge
Wales
Standard Gauge
Narrow Gauge
Northern Ireland
Narrow Gauge Railway
Isle of Man
Channel Islands
Alderney
Jersey
- Pallot Heritage Steam Museum
See also
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